Al Watts, a stay-at-home dad for the last decade, discusses the findings of a new study released yesterday that analyzes fatherhood in the 21st century and how it affects moms and dads in the workplace. When we decided I would become an at-home dad, we didn’t consider how it would affect my career or my […]
This originally appeared on Momaha.com. Republished here with permission. Have you ever done something that at the time you thought was the right thing to do but now realize that it may have been a mistake? And to make it worse, your spouse TOLD you it was a mistake?! When I was in college, I […]
A few decades ago, calling an at-home dad “Mr. Mom” may have been as funny as the famous Michael Keaton movie, but times have changed, and Al Watts thinks that nickname should too. In 1983, a very funny movie starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr was released called Mr. Mom. It’s not so funny to […]
Sure, the recession sent more men into the home to take on the role of caregiving father, but was that the trend even before the economic downturn? Al Watts investigates. It’s Tax Week again, an opportunity to assess how the nation is recovering from a recession. The prevailing story is that the recession briefly changed […]
After a tasteless ad campaign in which dads were portrayed as helpless when it comes to childcare, Huggies’ facebook page was inundated with outraged consumers. That response and subsequent revamping of the ads marked a turning point in the Fatherhood Revolution, which has been building steam over the last two decades, says Al Watts. Dads […]
In nine years as an at-home dad, I have taken my kids to countless grocery stores, hardware stores, doctor’s appointments (mine and theirs), banks, playgrounds, museums, and post offices, all during normal working hours. I often hear, “So it’s daddy’s day! How sweet,” or “It looks like you have a few helpers with you today,” […]
The other day our 4th grader was home sick from school. She was just getting over her fever and had to stay home one more day, because you need to be fever-free for 24 hours before you can go back to school. (I think that kids wanting to play more games on their ipods must […]
I have been an at-home dad for nine years. Or, at least I thought I had been. It turns out I may have been an at-home or stay-at-home dad (SAHD) for only four years. Most of the last nine years I may have been only a primary caregiver. Confused? Yeah, me too. The confusion lies […]
This piece originally appeared on momaha.com. Republished with permission. Last year, I wrote about Dad Discrimination. I wrote about how it felt to be treated as an insignificant side-kick to my wife, the presumed headliner parent. I bemoaned how commercials by AT&T and TV shows like “Everybody Loves Raymond” show dads as bumbling fools when it comes to […]
This piece originally appeared on Daddyshome, Inc. Republished with permission. It has been two weeks since the 16th Annual At-Home Dads Convention and my head is still spinning. And it’s not from the Guinness at Union Street Public House or O’Connell’s or Murphy’s or Eamonn’s Dublin Chipper (best fish & chips place ever!). It’s from what I […]
